Exodus 40:20

And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staffs by the sides of the ark.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

In Context

19And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses.

21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on it the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:34as the Lord commanded Moses: and Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept.

Exodus 31:18And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in Mount Sinai the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written upon with the finger of God.

Exodus 40:3and thou shalt place in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil,

1 Kings 8:9There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put there in Horeb, which tables the Lord made as a covenant with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:17-34

16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 And he took and put the… Read the whole commentary →

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